Armed with a license to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007, and must defeat a private banker to terrorists in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro, but things are not what they seem.

Storyline

James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?Written by
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Vera Farmiga was considered for the role of Vesper Lynd, but was considered "too American". See more »

Goofs

In the final game, the dealer, Andreas Daniel, deals poker the "American way," which is transferring the top card in the deck to your dominant hand, then pitching it to the player. The "European way" is to transfer the top card in the deck to the table, then sliding it to the player. However, since Andreas is not an American dealer, its hard to figure out why he learned it his way. See more »

Quotes

Villiers:
He's logged into our secure website, using your name and password.
M:
[annoyed]
How the hell does he *know* these things?
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits include the words "Ian Fleming's James Bond." All other Bond movies only have this if it's an original screenplay. When they're based on the novels, regardless of how loosely, they're "Ian Fleming's (name of movie/novel)." See more »

Alternate Versions

The initial UK releases have minor edits in the torture scene to secure a commercially lucrative 12 certificate:

Le Chiffre draping the rope over Bond's shoulder, saying "Such a waste" and then removing it was cut (for being "a little too sexual" according to director Martin Campbell).

The rope swinging twice under the chair was shortened to one swing.

A close-up of Bond's grimacing face during the second whipping was cut (the two-shot of both characters that precedes and follows this close-up in the uncut version was extended to fill the gap).

The uncut version was passed with a 15 certificate in 2012 and is available on Blu-ray. See more »

User Reviews

After all the controversy and comments on Daniel Craig's potential as an actor and doubts over him playing Bond...i'd say forget it and be enthralled by the new BOND! He's here to stay.

He has that natural feeling about him when you see him on the screen as Bond, that attitude, style, confidence matched only by Sean COnnery. The movie as a whole is extremely entertaining and exciting.The acting is awesome Eva Green actually does a great job and has really improved her acting from the last time i saw her (in kingdom of heaven), but then this is a totally different movie.

There's a lot of action mixed with great story which i am sure will please the true Bond fan.

Please go and watch this because you will regret if you don't, forget the past this is the New Bond.

9/10

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